Let’s squander our money THIS way! Hey, shareholders! Screw Yourselves.
Yahoo! types must really be getting steamed over all the “nice guy” publicity that Google always gets. They were going to do this in Mexico — but, forgot all about getting permission — which pissed off the Mexican government. So, let’s switch to “New” Mexico — right?
Meanwhile, Jemez Pueblo can always use whatever bucks they get from Yahoo — and maybe some extra tourist traffic now that Balloon Fiesta is past. Enjoy!
The following is taken from the press release and appropriately edited for reality purposes to eliminate hyperbole.
Starting last night, more than fifteen hours of pictures, videos, poems and stories from one of the largest Internet time capsules in history will be projected throughout the evenings of October 25-27 to chronicle humanity across the globe. The images will also be sent into space via a digital laser light beam from the canyon.
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stunningenvironmental media display at Jemez will salute the past, present and future of online and offline communities around the world. A simultaneous global web castof the celebrationwill be available by searching on Yahoo! for Time Capsule.Yahoo! is also hosting a parallel three-dimensional event in the popular Second Life virtual world, where participants can watch a stream of images from the real-world event and add their own contributions to a collaborative Second Life submission for the Yahoo!Time Capsule
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I think they did the Second Life episode just for John. :)
Examples of current content in the time capsule include thoughts about how to end a war one person at a time from Deepak Chopra, the first comic book effort from acclaimed director Jon Woo, as well as tributes to Steve Irwin, the recently deceased Crocodile Hunter. In addition, everyday people have contributed meaningful images, such as a fleeting moment in Egypt when someone created a handprint in the sand before the wind blew it away, the sonogram of a Portuguese couple’s soon-to-be first son, a man praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, and a favorite action shot from the United States bobsled team in the 2006 Winter Olympics
Can someone explain to me which cornballs, EXACTLY, have taken over Yahoo!?
I am from NM and frankly am not surprised to see this kind of activity up in the Jemez. When you put it on a Pueblo it removes even more surprise. It is amazing to me how once “sacred land” that could not be trampled on because it would be desecrated can now be home to large casinos, golf courses and Yahoo! cornballs.
From the looks of the sparse comments, this is the biggest PR dud ever. Could be a huge embarrassment. And while on the topic of sacred gounds, perhaps this will jinx the company in some way. Ooops, now I sound like a cornball.
I’m confused, is this going to be an physical time capsule, perhaps holding a bunch of hard drives, or is it virtual? I rather like the Second Life angle, I’ll have to go check that out.